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#1 goavsgo

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Posted 24 May 2006 - 12:56 PM

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The Rocky Mountain News reports that the Colorado Avalanche will introduce Francois Giguere as its new general manager at a news conference Wednesday afternoon.


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#2 goavsgo

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Posted 24 May 2006 - 01:01 PM

AWWW Damn!!! I should've posted this in Avalanche's Lacroix steps down as GM topic i just realized.

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Posted 24 May 2006 - 01:01 PM

Geez louise! When I saw the Giguere, I thought it was gunna say Jiggy was going to be traded! Gah, thanks for the heart attack laugh.gif

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Posted 24 May 2006 - 01:02 PM

QUOTE(Duckette @ May 24 2006, 05:01 PM)
Geez louise! When I saw the Giguere, I thought it was gunna say Jiggy was going to be traded! Gah, thanks for the heart attack laugh.gif

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I know me too I was like " how is that possible?". lol

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Posted 24 May 2006 - 01:30 PM

QUOTE(Duckette @ May 24 2006, 03:01 PM)
Geez louise! When I saw the Giguere, I thought it was gunna say Jiggy was going to be traded! Gah, thanks for the heart attack laugh.gif

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lol_1.gif I was thinking the same thing.

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Posted 24 May 2006 - 01:37 PM

Almost had me very confused for a moment... laugh.gif

Are the two related by any chance?

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Posted 24 May 2006 - 02:22 PM

QUOTE(wildwing64 @ May 24 2006, 05:37 PM)
Almost had me very confused for a moment... laugh.gif

Are the two related by any chance?

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I have no clue it's possible but i dought it.

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Posted 24 May 2006 - 04:13 PM

Heh. I've known for some time now that there was another Giguere in the league. So I wasn't caught off guard. wink.gif

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Posted 24 May 2006 - 06:21 PM

QUOTE(GLOVESAVE35 @ May 24 2006, 04:13 PM)
Heh.  I've known for some time now that there was another Giguere in the league.  So I wasn't caught off guard.  wink.gif

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Yea, GS35's got all her Giguere's down tongue.gif Not me, I couldn't even pronounce his name right for atleast 4 weeks, til I went to my second Ducks game. I called him gi-gooree laugh.gif

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Posted 24 May 2006 - 06:23 PM

QUOTE(Duckette @ May 24 2006, 07:21 PM)
Yea, GS35's got all her Giguere's down tongue.gif

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Yeah, but this one's neither dribble.gif nor wub.gif

tongue.gif

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Posted 24 May 2006 - 06:27 PM

QUOTE(GLOVESAVE35 @ May 24 2006, 06:23 PM)
QUOTE(Duckette @ May 24 2006, 07:21 PM)
Yea, GS35's got all her Giguere's down tongue.gif

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Yeah, but this one's neither dribble.gif nor wub.gif

tongue.gif

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No one will ever amount to Jiggy's dribble.gif and wub.gif laugh.gif

#12 GLOVESAVE35

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Posted 24 May 2006 - 06:28 PM

QUOTE(Duckette @ May 24 2006, 07:27 PM)
QUOTE(GLOVESAVE35 @ May 24 2006, 06:23 PM)
QUOTE(Duckette @ May 24 2006, 07:21 PM)
Yea, GS35's got all her Giguere's down tongue.gif

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Yeah, but this one's neither dribble.gif nor wub.gif

tongue.gif

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No one will ever amount to Jiggy's dribble.gif and wub.gif laugh.gif

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That's for sure. wink.gif ana-ban.gif

#13 Duckette

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Posted 24 May 2006 - 06:29 PM

QUOTE(GLOVESAVE35 @ May 24 2006, 06:28 PM)
QUOTE(Duckette @ May 24 2006, 07:27 PM)
QUOTE(GLOVESAVE35 @ May 24 2006, 06:23 PM)
QUOTE(Duckette @ May 24 2006, 07:21 PM)
Yea, GS35's got all her Giguere's down tongue.gif

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Yeah, but this one's neither dribble.gif nor wub.gif

tongue.gif

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No one will ever amount to Jiggy's dribble.gif and wub.gif laugh.gif

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That's for sure. wink.gif ana-ban.gif

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Uh oh, I think DTP needs to get in here with the mop and bucket laugh.gif

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Posted 24 May 2006 - 06:30 PM

This Just In: The Colorado Avalanche just announced that newly appointed GM Francois Giguere, has an upper body injury and has been replaced by Kenny Bryzgalov...

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Posted 24 May 2006 - 06:30 PM

QUOTE(Duckette @ May 24 2006, 07:29 PM)
QUOTE(GLOVESAVE35 @ May 24 2006, 06:28 PM)
QUOTE(Duckette @ May 24 2006, 07:27 PM)
QUOTE(GLOVESAVE35 @ May 24 2006, 06:23 PM)
QUOTE(Duckette @ May 24 2006, 07:21 PM)
Yea, GS35's got all her Giguere's down tongue.gif

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Yeah, but this one's neither dribble.gif nor wub.gif

tongue.gif

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No one will ever amount to Jiggy's dribble.gif and wub.gif laugh.gif

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That's for sure. wink.gif ana-ban.gif

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Uh oh, I think DTP needs to get in here with the mop and bucket laugh.gif

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Poor DTP. biggrin.gif rofl.gif


#16 GLOVESAVE35

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Posted 24 May 2006 - 06:31 PM

QUOTE(Dark Knight @ May 24 2006, 07:30 PM)
This Just In: The Colorado Avalanche just announced that newly appointed GM Francois Giguere, has an upper body injury and has been replaced by Kenny Bryzgalov...

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OMG, you are on a roll tonight! rofl.gif

*wipes tears of laughter out of eyes*

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Posted 24 May 2006 - 06:37 PM

QUOTE(GLOVESAVE35 @ May 24 2006, 06:31 PM)
QUOTE(Dark Knight @ May 24 2006, 07:30 PM)
This Just In: The Colorado Avalanche just announced that newly appointed GM Francois Giguere, has an upper body injury and has been replaced by Kenny Bryzgalov...

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OMG, you are on a roll tonight! rofl.gif

*wipes tears of laughter out of eyes*

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Gah, I'm gunna be out with an upper body injury due to laughter! rofl.gif lol_1.gif

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Posted 25 May 2006 - 08:32 AM

smile.gif the Giguere part really scared me when i came back home and heard it on ESPN.

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Posted 25 May 2006 - 11:02 AM

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Colorado Avalanche president Pierre Lacroix, right, shakes hands with his replacement as the team's general manager, Francois Giguere, after a news conference at which Giguere was introduced to the media on Wednesday, May 24, 2006, in Denver. Giguere, who worked for the Avalanche, returns to the team as the head of day-to-day operations after spending the past five years as assistant general manager of the Dallas Stars.
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Jiggy??? wink.gif


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From left, Jean Giguere, and his wife Renee, both of Quebec City, Quebec, join their daughter, Nathalie, and son Martin, both of Montreal, in listening as their son and sibling Francois Giguere was named as the new general manager of the Colorado Avalanche during a news conference in Denver, Wednesday, May 24, 2006. Francois Giguere returns to the Avalanche, the team that he started his hockey managerial career more than 16 years ago, after serving as the assistant general manager of the Dallas Stars for the past five years.
(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Posted 25 May 2006 - 11:07 AM

So...no relation to Jiggy, right?

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Posted 25 May 2006 - 11:28 AM

QUOTE(DropThePuck @ May 25 2006, 12:02 PM)
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The elder Jiggys look really thrilled... laugh.gif I wonder what's going through Daddy and Mommy Jiggy's minds... rolleyes.gif

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Posted 25 May 2006 - 10:07 PM

QUOTE(Dark Knight @ May 25 2006, 11:28 AM)
QUOTE(DropThePuck @ May 25 2006, 12:02 PM)
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The elder Jiggys look really thrilled... laugh.gif I wonder what's going through Daddy and Mommy Jiggy's minds... rolleyes.gif

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blink.gif How do they look when they are sad??????????????????????





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